My Goals for April 2025 (plus an update on my March goals)

Whew! I feel like March went by in a flash and we are already halfway through April. But I wanted to still post my goals for the month — even if it’s April 15!

By the way, if you’re new here, in 2025, I’m changing up the way I set goals. Instead of setting yearly goals, I’m setting monthly goals. Every month, I’ll be sharing a list of my new goals for the coming month and an update on how I did on the goals from the month before.

I felt like this approach would allow more flexibility for the unexpected and the unknown that this coming year might hold. It also gives a fresh start at the beginning of every month. And it will allow me to tailor goals to the month and what I might know it might already hold (meaning some months I know I’ll have more time and space than other months).

To categorize my goals, I’m using alliteration and five areas I want to prioritize and be intentional with my time and energy: Myself, Marriage, Motherhood, MoneySavingMom.com, and Money.

So far, this approach has been working well! Here’s how I did on my goals in March:

An Update on My Goals for March 2025

Myself

• 100 hours unplugged.
• Stay up-to-date with She Reads Truth Lent study.
• Finish 6 books.
• 60 hours outside. (I only made it to 50 hours outside — it was so stormy and cold a lot of the month!)
• To bed by 10:30 p.m. 15 nights. (I only hit this 8 nights, but I did download the Opal app this month and now none of the apps on my phone work after 8 p.m. and there is no override so we’re going to see how this goes and if it makes a difference!)
• 200 items decluttered.
• Walk 10,000 steps at least 25 days. (I only hit this 10 days, but hey, that’s something!)
• Make homemade mayo.

Marriage

• 2 date nights.
• 2 at-home dates.
• Finish season of show we are currently watching together.

Motherhood

• Date with each of the older three kids. (I went on a trip with Kathrynne!)
• Read 10 chapters of On the Banks of Plum Creek.
• Finish organizing our walk-in closet. (Didn’t make any progress with this goal.)
• Finish reading How Great is Our God devotional with the younger kids.

MoneySavingMom.com

• Finish the first chapter and write half of second chapter of my new book.
• Finish everything for launching our new One-Hour Budgeting for Teens product.
• Choose top people for second round of hiring process for our new virtual assistant roles. 

Money

• Continue to tithe 10% of our gross income.
• Save 10% more toward our rental house savings goal for the year.

April has a lot of different things going on, so I’m pulling back on my goals a little because of that. One change I made at the beginning of the month was to start using the Opal app that I mentioned above to shut down all of my apps at 8 p.m. I cannot override it and it has been SO good for me to quit the mindless scrolling at night and either get to bed earlier, spend more time reading, spend more time with Jesse, and just generally use my time better at night!

My Goals for April 2025

Myself

• 100 hours unplugged.
• Finish She Reads Truth Lent study and start a new study.
• Finish 6 books (finish at least two fiction books)
• 60 hours outside.
• To bed by 10:30 p.m. 15 nights.
• 200 items decluttered.
• Walk 10,000 steps at least 20 days.
• Make homemade hamburger buns.

Marriage

• 2 date nights.
• 2 at-home dates.

Motherhood

• Read 10 chapters of On the Banks of Plum Creek.
• Read 20 chapters of Bible devotional with kids.

MoneySavingMom.com

• Finish second chapter of my new book and half of third chapter.
• Work on my new One-Hour Savings Plan product.

Money

• Continue to tithe 10% of our gross income.
• Save 5% toward our real estate investment goal for the year.

I’ve been using some printable trackers I found for free and customized a little on Canva and I’ve been loving that way of tracking! I’m sticking with that again in April!

How did you do on your goals for March? Did you set any goals for April?